Thread: SANCTUARY HOUSTON-DRUNK OVERSTAYED VISA TO KILL THREE TEENS

If the ILLEGAL, over staying his visa, had not been in the United States these 3 young people would not have died in this wreck and may have had an opportunity to live a full LIFE, that option was lost because the ILLEGAL was in the Sanctuary City of Houston and not in his home country!

HPD: Enough evidence was available to arrest crash suspect
By BRIAN ROGERS and JAMES PINKERTON
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle
July 14, 2010, 9:26PM

Fatal accident suspect flees
Man suspected in the drunk driving accident that killed three teens flees country. Video by Brett Coomer. 7/14/2010Houston police Wednesday said they had enough evidence to arrest a now-fugitive 25-year-old foreign student charged with intoxication manslaughter in a crash that killed three Houston teens last week but chose to release him while they gathered more evidence, believing he was not a flight risk.

Sajan Timalshina, a resident of Nepal in America on a student visa, is believed to have fled the country last Friday, the same day as the accident that claimed the lives of RaShaunda Raleigh, 17, Avianca Cortez, 13, and Detrihanna Davis, 13.

"The evidence we had at the time, they believed he was a safe risk," said HPD Capt. Bill Staney. "Given what they had at the time, it could have gone either way. It turned out badly."

Raleigh's father, who was driving the sport utility vehicle struck by Timalshina's car, said he was "very disappointed."

"I want them to find him and take care of the business of how the prosecution should have went," said LaShawn Raleigh. "There was enough evidence at the scene to at least keep him."

Katty Alaniz, whose daughter Avianca died in the crash, said she was frustrated police let Timalshina go.

"Where is the justice at? Why didn't they take action on this? What kind of example are they giving to the children — all the teenagers growing up - what kind of example are they giving?" she said. "Why are all these signs up saying 'Don't drink and drive.' What are they for? Just to put them up there?"

Believed claim about beer
Officers mistakenly believed Timalshina's claim that he drank only a quarter of a beer, allowing him to evade arrest, Staney said during a press conference Wednesday.

"His story is not consistent with the chemical outcome," said Staney. "Hindsight being what it is, I absolutely would prefer that he be put in jail that night."

Authorities believe Timalshina has fled the country, en route to Nepal.

"I don't know where he is at or what he's trying to do," said Timalshina's younger brother Rakesh Timalshina. He said his brother has lived in Houston for five years, graduating in December with a degree in accounting from the University of Houston-Downtown

On the day of the fatal crash, Rakesh Timalshina said his brother called him and told him he was in an accident but did not elaborate.

"I have no idea about it," Rakesh Timalshina said. "He just said he had an accident, and I went over there and I couldn't do anything. The policeman took him, and I went back home."

Rakesh Timalshina said he went to work the next morning without talking to his brother, who was asleep on the couch. That was the last time he saw him, he said.

Rakesh Timalshina, who owns a Citgo station in Humble, said his brother occasionally dropped in there and worked for an hour or two.

Police, however, had believed that Sajan Timalshina, a Spring resident, was a part owner of the business, giving him what appeared to be a serious tie to the community.

Before being released by police, Timalshina admitted to drinking part of a beer, failed two of three sobriety tests and was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital where he had his blood drawn to test for intoxication.

"We would prefer, if we can, to gather our strongest evidence and file our charges once we have the strongest evidence, when we have reasonable belief that we can find him again and he wasn't going to flee," Staney said.

Above legal limit
He said officers on the scene of the early morning collision consulted with prosecutors before releasing Timalshina.

Donna Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the Harris County District Attorney's office, said Timalshina had not been charged because further investigation was needed and the district attorney's office was not aware that he was a potential flight risk.

Staney said police were waiting on results from the blood tests that later showed Timalshina's blood alcohol level at the time of the wreck was between .127 and .162. The legal limit is .08.

Staney said Timalshina could have been detained on a 24-hour investigative hold but was not because it still may not have been enough time to get the tests back. Although blood tests later showed Timalshina was legally intoxicated, field sobriety tests were marginal, he said.

Timalshina was charged with three counts of intoxication manslaughter on Monday. He could face 60 years in prison if convicted of all three second-degree felonies.

Was to start master's
According to investigators, Timalshina was driving a Toyota Camry north in the 6100 block of the North Sam Houston Parkway service road about 1:30 a.m. July 9 when he ran a red light at the Eastex Freeway and collided with a Ford Expedition bringing the girls and two friends home from a "teen night" at a night club on FM 1960.

At Timalshina's Humble home Wednesday a car was in the driveway, but no one answered the door and the blinds were shut.

A neighbor across the street said Timalshina moved into the home six months ago with four other young male students and had meshed well with the quiet, family-oriented neighborhood. Terry Reed said Timalshina spent most of his time studying and playing soccer in the back yard with friends and had told him he planned to start a master's degree program in September.

Chronicle reporter Shaminder Dulai contributed to this report.

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"His story is not consistent with the chemical outcome," said Staney. "Hindsight being what it is, I absolutely would prefer that he be put in jail that night."

But PC politics intervened, instead....

Originally Posted by Captainron

"His story is not consistent with the chemical outcome," said Staney. "Hindsight being what it is, I absolutely would prefer that he be put in jail that night."

But PC politics intervened, instead....

Just one of the many benefits of living in a Sanctuary City!

According to the comments on the source article commenter "given2fly" is defending the ILLEGAL like you expect an ILLEGAL EMPLOYER.

He will return to finish his Master's degree under a new name. He will probably get federal grant money for his education too. How else do immigrants pay for college ? Not by working at a gas station.

Rakesh Timalshina, who owns a Citgo station in Humble, said his brother occasionally dropped in there and worked for an hour or two.

Police, however, had believed that Sajan Timalshina, a Spring resident, was a part owner of the business, giving him what appeared to be a serious tie to the community.

First, is Rakesh here legally?

Second, is it just me or does the idea that an IA could own or partly own a business disturb anyone else?